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Jack, a disgruntled employee of an organization, involves taking advantage of unsanitized input
gained access to the organization's database vulnerabilities to pass commands through a web
server. He manipulated client records stored on application and thereby retrieve information from
the database server to damage the reputation of the target database?
the organization and to make the organization SQL injection attack
face legal consequences for losing integrity. Brute-force attack
Identify the type of attack performed by Jack in Espionage
the above scenario. Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -SQL
External attack injection attack
Brute-force attack
Internal attack
Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -Internal Benjamin, a professional hacker, joined as an
Attack intern in an organization and obtained some
permissions to access the resources related to
his job. Soon after gaining trust in the
Identify the SWGDE standards and criteria organization, he obtained elevated permissions
stating that the agency management must review to access restricted parts of the network. Thus,
the SOPs on an annual basis to ensure their he gained access to confidential data of the
continued suitability and effectiveness. organization.
Standards and Criteria 1.1 Identify the type of attack performed by Benjamin
Standards and Criteria 1.2 in the above scenario.
Standards and Criteria 1.3 Session hijacking attack
Standards and Criteria 1.4 - ANSWER - SQL injection attack
Standards and Criteria 1.2 Privilege escalation attack
Denial-of-service attack - ANSWER -
Privilege escalation attack
James, a newly recruited employee of an
organization, received an email containing a fake
appointment letter. The letter claims to have Henry, a professional hacker, targeted an
been sent by the real organization. James failed organization to gain illegitimate access to its
to identify the legitimacy of the letter and server. He launched an SQL injection attack from
downloaded it. Consequently, malicious software a remote location on the target server to obtain
was installed on his system, and it provided users' credentials.
remote access to the attacker. Which of the following types of attack has Henry
Identity the type of cybercrime performed by performed in the above scenario?
James in the above scenario. Insider attack
Denial-of-service attack Trojan horse attack
Privilege escalation attack External attack
SQL injection attack Internal attack - ANSWER -External Attack
Phishing attack - ANSWER -Phishing
Attack
Medicing Inc. targeted their competitor
organization to steal information about their
Which of the following types of cybercrime product that gained immense popularity within a
, Digital Forensics Essentials all Questions and
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brief period. For this purpose, Medicing Inc. Phishing
employed Don, a professional hacker. Don Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -Intellectual
performed open-source intelligence gathering property theft
and analyzed the target product's details. Using
the obtained information, Medicing Inc. created a
similar product and launched it with a lower price. Which of the following types of cybercrime is an
Identify the cybercrime demonstrated in the offensive activity in which a computer connected
above scenario. to the web is employed as a source point to
Privilege escalation damage an organization's reputation?
Espionage Privilege escalation
Spoofing Cyber defamation
Phishing - ANSWER -Espionage Data manipulation
Intellectual property theft - ANSWER -Cyber
defamation
Don, a professional hacker, targeted Johana's
official email account to steal her project-related
files stored in it. In this process, Don tried all the Which of the following types of digital evidence in
possible combinations of password characters a computer system will be lost as soon as the
through the trial-and-error method and finally system is powered off?
logged into her account. Swap file
Identify the type of cybercrime demonstrated in Slack space
the above scenario. Non-volatile data
Keylogger attack Volatile data - ANSWER -Volatile Data
Brute-force attack
Hybrid attack
Dictionary attack - ANSWER -Brute-force Which of the following types of digital evidence is
Attack temporary information on a digital device that
requires constant power supply to retain and is
deleted if the power supply is interrupted?
Which of the following types of attack is Unallocated clusters
performed using a seemingly harmless program Slack space
containing malicious code that can later gain Non-volatile data
control and cause damage, such as destruction Volatile data - ANSWER -Volatile Data
of the file allocation table on a hard disk? -
ANSWER -Trojan Horse Attack
Grayson, a forensic investigator, was able to
retrieve evidence from a device by authenticating
Identify the type of cybercrime that involves the with the information of a card and the user
theft of trade secrets, copyrights, or patent rights through the level of access, configurations, and
of an asset or material belonging to individuals or permissions.
entities, resulting in huge losses to the target Identify the device utilized by Grayson to obtain
organization. the evidence
Intellectual property theft Surveillance camera
Data manipulation Thumb drive
Answers Rated A
Jack, a disgruntled employee of an organization, involves taking advantage of unsanitized input
gained access to the organization's database vulnerabilities to pass commands through a web
server. He manipulated client records stored on application and thereby retrieve information from
the database server to damage the reputation of the target database?
the organization and to make the organization SQL injection attack
face legal consequences for losing integrity. Brute-force attack
Identify the type of attack performed by Jack in Espionage
the above scenario. Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -SQL
External attack injection attack
Brute-force attack
Internal attack
Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -Internal Benjamin, a professional hacker, joined as an
Attack intern in an organization and obtained some
permissions to access the resources related to
his job. Soon after gaining trust in the
Identify the SWGDE standards and criteria organization, he obtained elevated permissions
stating that the agency management must review to access restricted parts of the network. Thus,
the SOPs on an annual basis to ensure their he gained access to confidential data of the
continued suitability and effectiveness. organization.
Standards and Criteria 1.1 Identify the type of attack performed by Benjamin
Standards and Criteria 1.2 in the above scenario.
Standards and Criteria 1.3 Session hijacking attack
Standards and Criteria 1.4 - ANSWER - SQL injection attack
Standards and Criteria 1.2 Privilege escalation attack
Denial-of-service attack - ANSWER -
Privilege escalation attack
James, a newly recruited employee of an
organization, received an email containing a fake
appointment letter. The letter claims to have Henry, a professional hacker, targeted an
been sent by the real organization. James failed organization to gain illegitimate access to its
to identify the legitimacy of the letter and server. He launched an SQL injection attack from
downloaded it. Consequently, malicious software a remote location on the target server to obtain
was installed on his system, and it provided users' credentials.
remote access to the attacker. Which of the following types of attack has Henry
Identity the type of cybercrime performed by performed in the above scenario?
James in the above scenario. Insider attack
Denial-of-service attack Trojan horse attack
Privilege escalation attack External attack
SQL injection attack Internal attack - ANSWER -External Attack
Phishing attack - ANSWER -Phishing
Attack
Medicing Inc. targeted their competitor
organization to steal information about their
Which of the following types of cybercrime product that gained immense popularity within a
, Digital Forensics Essentials all Questions and
Answers Rated A
brief period. For this purpose, Medicing Inc. Phishing
employed Don, a professional hacker. Don Trojan horse attack - ANSWER -Intellectual
performed open-source intelligence gathering property theft
and analyzed the target product's details. Using
the obtained information, Medicing Inc. created a
similar product and launched it with a lower price. Which of the following types of cybercrime is an
Identify the cybercrime demonstrated in the offensive activity in which a computer connected
above scenario. to the web is employed as a source point to
Privilege escalation damage an organization's reputation?
Espionage Privilege escalation
Spoofing Cyber defamation
Phishing - ANSWER -Espionage Data manipulation
Intellectual property theft - ANSWER -Cyber
defamation
Don, a professional hacker, targeted Johana's
official email account to steal her project-related
files stored in it. In this process, Don tried all the Which of the following types of digital evidence in
possible combinations of password characters a computer system will be lost as soon as the
through the trial-and-error method and finally system is powered off?
logged into her account. Swap file
Identify the type of cybercrime demonstrated in Slack space
the above scenario. Non-volatile data
Keylogger attack Volatile data - ANSWER -Volatile Data
Brute-force attack
Hybrid attack
Dictionary attack - ANSWER -Brute-force Which of the following types of digital evidence is
Attack temporary information on a digital device that
requires constant power supply to retain and is
deleted if the power supply is interrupted?
Which of the following types of attack is Unallocated clusters
performed using a seemingly harmless program Slack space
containing malicious code that can later gain Non-volatile data
control and cause damage, such as destruction Volatile data - ANSWER -Volatile Data
of the file allocation table on a hard disk? -
ANSWER -Trojan Horse Attack
Grayson, a forensic investigator, was able to
retrieve evidence from a device by authenticating
Identify the type of cybercrime that involves the with the information of a card and the user
theft of trade secrets, copyrights, or patent rights through the level of access, configurations, and
of an asset or material belonging to individuals or permissions.
entities, resulting in huge losses to the target Identify the device utilized by Grayson to obtain
organization. the evidence
Intellectual property theft Surveillance camera
Data manipulation Thumb drive
